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Poems for Sunday - 2. Reunion
Reunion
We decided to postpone our annual weekend –
August instead of July.
It’s always been July, but,
you know how life happens, schedules conflict;
there’s always an excuse not to.
Forty years ago we started what became an annual tradition,
an anniversary of sorts,
to celebrate friendship
and pick up the pieces after diagnoses, divorce, and loss.
We never expected to say goodbye to one of our own,
especially not one week before our special time.
What was important in July
is now insignificant.
We’ll still meet—
A weekend of remembrance, shared grief, and anguish.
We’ll raise a glass to the empty chair in front of the campfire,
talk of poems and prayers and promises,
and honor a friend gone too soon.
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